Interfering peptides and method for detecting microorganisms
US9606120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2469/10
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to novel interfering peptides having peptide sequence S with between 7 and 12 amino acids, originating from the peptide sequence of an antigenic protein of a micro-organism M, the sequence S being aligned with a peptide sequence S′ with between 7 and 12 amino acids originating from the peptide sequence of a target protein of a micro-organism M′ that is different from the micro-organism M, provided that: sequences S and S′ have at least 50% identity over their length of 7 to 12 amino acids and at least 4 identical or analogous contiguous amino acids; and their length is identical or they have 1 or 2 different amino acids distributed at one and/or the other end of the sequences. The invention also relates to a method for the in vitro immunoassay-based detection of the presence of a micro-organism M′ or M in a biological sample.
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